Iran's Media Diplomacy Challenges in Tourism Marketing by Fateme Asgharian Kari, Sajad Ferdowsi

“…Abstract The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the challenges of Iran's media diplomacy in tourism marketing. …”
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Lifelong Learning and Employability in the Danube Region Countries: Influences and Correlations by Constanţa-Nicoleta Bodea, Maria-Iuliana Dascălu, Gordana Velikic, Stelian Stancu

“…The conclusions of the current study are particularly important in the Romanian context, as the employment rate of recent graduates is in a decreasing trend, but also for all the Danube Region ex-communist countries, which have to boost their employment rates as well, to assure their economical growth. …”
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Sarcopenia in Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma: A Narrative Review by Constantin Radu Vrabie, Andreea Ioana Parosanu, Cornelia Nitipir

“…In the context of radical surgery, sarcopenia correlates with increased postoperative mortality and a higher rate of severe complications. …”
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Impact of screen and social media use on mental health by Lefa S. Eddy Ives, Abigail Huertas Patón, María Azul Forti Buratti, Julio Álvarez Pitti, María Angustias Salmerón-Ruiz, Pedro Javier Rodríguez Hernández, Matias Real-López

“…The widespread use of digital media, especially in childhood and adolescence, raises significant concern about its impact on health, as it can affect physical, mental, and psychosocial health and development.Technology could be beneficial for specific areas, but current use and design carry significant risks. Several studies have linked the use of electronic devices with an increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression and self-injury, particularly in people with pre-existing risk factors. …”
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Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines in Radiation–Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paul Thöne, Margot Egger, Michael Stephan Gruber, Georg Gruber, Christina Kasassov, Dalma Nyiri, Eva Weis, Helene Werl, Leonhard Trinkl, Wolfgang Lilleby, Martin Clodi, Elisabeth Bräutigam, Benjamin Dieplinger, Annette Aigner, Hans Geinitz

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluate the current evidence on COVID-19 vaccination in patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT). …”
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Electrochemical Immunosensors on Laser-Induced Graphene Platforms for Monitoring of Anti-RBD Antibodies After SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Beatriz R. Martins, Cristhianne Molinero R. Andrade, Guilherme F. Simão, Rhéltheer de Paula Martins, Lucas V. de Faria, Tiago A. Matias, Virmondes Rodrigues Júnior, Rodrigo Alejandro Abarza Munoz, Renata Pereira Alves

“…The rGraphene-LIG electrodes presented a notable current increase for the redox probe in the aqueous solution of a mixture of 5 mmol L⁻¹ potassium ferricyanide/ferrocyanide ([Fe(CN)₆]³⁻/[Fe(CN)₆]⁴⁻) in 0.1 mol L⁻¹ KCl (pH set at 7.4). …”
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Distribution Shifts of <i>Acanthaster solaris</i> Under Climate Change and the Impact on Coral Reef Habitats by Shangke Su, Jinquan Liu, Bin Chen, Wei Wang, Jiaguang Xiao, Yuan Li, Jianguo Du, Jianhua Kang, Wenjia Hu, Junpeng Zhang

“…We created the first reliable set of current and future global distribution maps for <i>A. solaris</i> using a comprehensive dataset and machine learning approach. …”
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Transformation of Stock Market Threats into Investment Opportunities: Modelling the Dependence of the Indian and Vietnamese Stock Markets on the US–China Trade War by Iryna Pozovna, Wojciech Duranowski, Olga Pankiv, Iryna Kalenyuk, Serhii Fomenko

“…The current state of economic and political relations between the United States and China plays a key role in shaping the future economic and geopolitical picture of the world. …”
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A narrative review of applications and enhancements of ChatGPT in respiratory medicine by Jun Qi Lin, Zi Xuan Hua, Liu Zhang, Ying Ni Lin, Yong Jie Ding, Xi Xi Chen, Shi Qi Li, Yi Wang, Qing Yun Li

“…Although the utilization of ChatGPT in medicine has been actively explored, its application in respiratory medicine remains in the early stages. In this context, we outline ChatGPT’s current respiratory medicine applications, address potential limitations, and envision future avenues for its advancement and development.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE AXIOSPHERE OF THE FUTURE TEACHER IN THE DIALOGUE SPACE OF MODERN EDUCATION by N. A. Astashova, S. K. Bondyreva, A. P. Smantser

“…The implementation of the components mentioned above can create a special context for the humanitarian training of a future teacher; will give an opportunity of interactive development of students’ common cultural, communicative and special competencies; will increase students’ motivation to pedagogical activity, the search of new ideas for training, innovations and professional self-education. …”
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Self-organizing expert communities in educational projects by Gennadiy P. Vinogradov, Vladimir N. Kuznetsov

“…It is proposed to consider the construction of specialist’s knowledge model in the context of corporate knowledge management strategies in organizations to increase competitiveness, as the established support systems for organization knowledge lifecycle and specialist’s integral knowledge model are used to integrate strategic corporate tasks with strategic tasks of developing employees’ corporate knowledge. …”
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Protective Effect of Fenugreek Supplementation against Mercury Toxicity on Sperm Parameters, Serum Testosterone and Testicular Tissue in the Rat by Jalal A. Karim, Karim R. Hamad

“…Group I: control, Group II: Rats received drinking water contained HgCl2 100 mg/L ad libitum, Group III: Rats received drinking water contained HgCl2 100 mg/L ad libitum, and fenugreek (F1) 0.75 mg/kg/day orally by gavage, Group IV: Rats received drinking water contained HgCl2 100 mg/L ad libitumand fenugreek (F2) 1.5 mg/kg/day orally by gavage. …”
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Optimized bio-signal reconstruction and watermarking via enhanced fractional orthogonal moments by Gaber Hassan, Khalid M. Hosny, Islam S. Fathi

“…The findings indicate that the proposed methodology exhibits significantly higher performance levels than current methodologies, with a 64.3% improvement in PSNR (reaching 147.08 dB compared to 89.74 dB in existing approaches), 89.7% reduction in MSE (0.0092 versus 0.09 average), and 84.1% decrease in bit error rate (0.25 versus 1.57) for watermarking applications. …”
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University students’ physical features- reasons, consequences, solutions by Cristiana Lucretia Pop, Viorela Popescu, Rela Ciomag, Cristina Filip, Cristina Nae

“…This study adds evidence to the limited literature investigating university students' attitudes, opinions, and contexts that contribute to a decrease in their physical potential. …”
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Emotional processing as mechanism of change in brief good psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial by Ueli Kramer, Loris Grandjean, José Blanco Machinea, Hélène Beuchat, Setareh Ranjbar, Yves de Roten, Jean-Nicolas Despland, Philippe Conus, Stéphane Kolly

“…The assessment of mechanisms of change contributes to focus the treatment on the essential ingredients of change. The current study aims to demonstrate the emotional processing as a mechanism of change, assessed in an ecologically valid experimental context, of brief GPM. …”
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Identification of Self Incompatibility (S) Alleles in Turkish Apple Gene Sources using Allele-specific PCR by Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Merve Dilek Karataş, Nahid Hazrati, Canan Yüksel Özmen, Serdar Altıntaş, Mehmet Emin Akçay, Ali Ergül

“…Self-incompatibility results in decreased pollination and ultimately yield loss. In apple (Malus domestica L.), self-incompatibility is controlled by multi-allelic S-locus. …”
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Alternative Methods of Vaccine Delivery: An Overview of Edible and Intradermal Vaccines by E. Criscuolo, V. Caputo, R. A. Diotti, G. A. Sautto, G. A. Kirchenbaum, N. Clementi

“…Despite the tremendous value conferred by currently available vaccines toward public health, the implementation of additional vaccine platforms is also of key importance. …”
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Humidity effect on epiphytic microflora development and seed germination of spring bread wheat by O. F. Khamova, P. V. Popolzukhin, O. S. Dmitrenko

“…On increasing the initial moisture content of seeds to 17%, the number of microorganisms on them increased significantly, and germination decreased after three years of storage in plastic containers to 0–1.9% in 28 months (2.3 years). …”
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Identification of novel antiviral host factors by functional gene expression analysis using in vitro HBV infection assay systems. by Takuto Nosaka, Tatsushi Naito, Yu Akazawa, Kazuto Takahashi, Hidetaka Matsuda, Masahiro Ohtani, Tsutomu Nishizawa, Hiroaki Okamoto, Yasunari Nakamoto

“…Using an in vitro HBV infection assay system, the current study aimed to investigate the STAT1-independent host factors that contribute to the control of viral infection by comprehensive functional screening. …”
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Plug-In Repetitive Control for Magnetic Bearings Based on Equivalent-Input-Disturbance by Gang Huang, Bolong Liu, Songlin Yuan, Xinyi Shi

“…First, a linearized model of the magnetic bearing rotor containing parameter fluctuations due to the eddy current effect and temperature rise effect is established, and a plug-in repetitive controller (PRC) is designed to enhance the rejection effect of periodic disturbances. …”
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